Claire Sawyer Caplan has won Vocalist of the Year at the second annual Key West Music Awards in Florida. She is a jazz singer who performs in Key West venues. When in St. Louis, Caplan attends Central...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published March 15, 2023
Bug juice, snakes, skits and camp songs were just some of the memories shared by University City alumni after a story earlier this week about Camp White Cloud. The weeklong camp was offered to U. City...
(JNS) Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal that he developed, in a national address on Wednesday night.
He...
(JTA) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned of the possibility of civil war if the government won’t agree to a compromise on judicial reform, a stunning pronouncement from a personality and an office...
MIAMI (JTA) — When Michael Ignagni found out that Team Israel would be competing in the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifier, he immediately thought of how Western pop culture undermined communism.
“The...
Jewish Family Services of St. Louis (JFS) is proud to announce Molly Salky as board president for the 2023-2025 term. Molly first joined the JFS Board in 2017, serving as the Vice President of Financial...
BY RENEE GHERT-ZAND, JTA
• Published March 14, 2023
If an alien spacecraft landed in Prof. Avi Loeb’s backyard tomorrow, he would readily step on, leave his family behind and take off to discover the great beyond.
Obviously, he’d be giving up a lot,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 14, 2023
In late October 1941, a bishop in Slovakia wrote to Pope Pius XII to alert him that the country’s Jews “are simply being shot, systematically murdered, without distinction of sex or age.” This...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 14, 2023
In honor of National Egg Cream Day, March 15, we thought it appropriate to retell the story of this iconic Jewish drink and where in St. Louis you can find one.
Why is it an iconic Jewish drink?
When...
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum announced a new partnership with Bank of America through the Museums on Us program. Beginning in April, Bank of America cardholders will receive free admission...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 14, 2023
The Beatles are generally regarded as the single most important rock band of all time. Aside from writing so many great songs, the Fab Four came to define and influence pop culture for more than six decades....
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 13, 2023
I have knishes on the brain and here's why:
I have wonderful memories of meeting friends for Sunday breakfast at the old Sherman Brothers Deli on Olive at Mosley roads in Creve Coeur. While my main...
